I'm not saying I love Coley but I think ppl are too down on him. Yes he plays conservative at time but Kayaa as great as he is was a freshman last year and I'm sure golden held coley back at least alittle last year
Our numbers under Coley are a little deceiving. The offensive production seems that they are better under Coley (i.e ypg, ppg, rypg, etc); but, the reason why is b/c quite frankly our schedule has been softer since he's been the O-Coordinator.
In 2013, Coley's first year, Miami's ppg avg. increased by 2.3 ppg from the 2012 season. However, it's misleading.
Miami's first 7 opponents finished the season w/ a combined 31-55 record. In those games, Miami avg. 40ppg. I mean they crushed their opponents. However, the next 3 opponents had a combined record of 32-9 and Miami's production stalled to a pedestrian 23 ppg and the offense struggled mightedly. Again, the next two opponents had a combined record of 13-16 and Coley's offense stomped on them by avg. 43 points in those contest. When we faced the 12-1 UL Cardinals in the bowl game, we scored a meager 9 points and the offense stalled.
In Coley's second year, we would've thought that with more talent, the offense would've exploded. However, it was the same blueprint that was established in his first year; smoke bad opponents, struggled against good ones.
He deserves his lion's share of the blame, as well, and quite frankly, he hasn't been the "stellar" recruiter he was made out to be as well.